- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0077 a,b
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded tan buckskin gloves with fringe at side of gauntlet. Back of hand contains three vertical lines of blue and orange feathers stitch beading. Gauntlet contains tulip like flower with white at centre and orange stamens above outlined with two rows of blue then a single row of …
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- Title
- Gauntlet Gloves
- Date
- 1935 – 1945
- Material
- skin; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 34.0 cm
- Description
- A pair of lightly beaded tan buckskin gloves with fringe at side of gauntlet. Back of hand contains three vertical lines of blue and orange feathers stitch beading. Gauntlet contains tulip like flower with white at centre and orange stamens above outlined with two rows of blue then a single row of transparent beads, and a white stem and three leaves with green centres. Floating on each side above are two heart shaped flowers with orange centres outlined with beige, a beige stem and three leaves with brown centres. Notched edge of gauntlet shows where stitched to hand, reinforced stitching around fingers, thumb and gauntlet. Gauntlet lined with muslin.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- beadwork
- regalia
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.07.0077 a,b
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